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Is benight a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word benight is a Scrabble US word. The word benight is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

B3E1N1I1G2H4T1

Is benight a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word benight is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

B3E1N1I1G2H4T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

BENIGHT,

6-letter words (3 found)

BETING,HENBIT,HETING,

5-letter words (14 found)

BEGIN,BEING,BIGHT,BINGE,EHING,EIGHT,HINGE,NEIGH,NIGHT,THEGN,THEIN,THINE,THING,TINGE,

4-letter words (26 found)

BEIN,BENI,BENT,BETH,BIEN,BINE,BING,BINT,BITE,GEIT,GENT,GIBE,GIEN,GITE,HENT,HING,HINT,NIGH,NITE,TEIN,THEN,THIG,THIN,TIGE,TINE,TING,

3-letter words (34 found)

BEG,BEN,BET,BIG,BIN,BIT,ENG,ETH,GEN,GET,GHI,GIB,GIE,GIN,GIT,HEN,HET,HIE,HIN,HIT,ING,NEB,NEG,NET,NIB,NIE,NIT,NTH,TEG,TEN,THE,TIE,TIG,TIN,

2-letter words (13 found)

BE,BI,EH,EN,ET,GI,HE,HI,IN,IT,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 92 words from benight according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of benight

benight

Alternative forms

  • benighten

Etymology

From Middle English benyghten, binighten, bynyȝten, equivalent to be- +‎ night.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

benight (third-person singular simple present benights, present participle benighting, simple past and past participle benighted) (archaic, transitive)

  1. (chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
  2. To darken; to shroud or obscure.
  3. To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.

Derived terms

  • benighted
  • benightedly
  • benightedness
  • benighter
  • benighting
  • benightment

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References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

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